United States
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
July 18, 2023
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Evergreen Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Cayman Islands | | 001-41271 | | N/A |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Lot 1.02, Level 1,
Glo Damansara, 699,
Jalan Damansara, Taman Tun Dr Ismail,
60000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +1 786 406 6082
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Ordinary Shares | | EVGR | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| Warrants | | EVGRW | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| Units | | EVGRU | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
The information disclosed in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01 to the extent required herein. As approved by its stockholders at the General Meeting (defined below), Evergreen Corporation (“EVGR” or the “Company”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company entered into an amendment, dated July 24, 2023, to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated February 8, 2022, by and between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and TETE (the “IMTA Amendment”). A copy of the IMTA Amendment is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
Subsequent to the approval by the shareholders of EVGR of the Amendment to EVGR’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Charter Amendment”), on July 18, 2023, EVGR filed the Charter Amendment with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands. Pursuant to the Charter Amendment, EVGR has the right to extend the period which it has to complete a business combination by up to twelve (12) times for an additional one (1) month each time from August 11, 2023 to August 11, 2024 by depositing into its trust account, for each one-month extension, the lesser of (a) $160,000 and (b) $0.055 for each Class A ordinary share outstanding after giving effect to the redemption of public shares in connection with the Charter Amendment in accordance with the terms of EVGR’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.
Item 5.07. Submissions of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On July 18, 2023, EVGR held an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (the “General Meeting”). On June 14, 2023, the record date for the General Meeting, there were 12,215,145 ordinary shares of EVGR entitled to be voted at the General Meeting, 81.94% of which were represented in person or by proxy.
The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of EVGR’s shareholders at the General Meeting are as follows:
| Matters Voted On | | For | | Against | | Abstain |
| Proposal to amend EVGR’s Amended and Restated Articles of Association to give the Company the right to extend the Combination Period up to twelve (12) times for an additional one (1) month each time, from August 11, 2023 to the Extended Date. | | | 11,030,455 | | | | 1,184,690 | | | | 0 | |
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| Proposal to amend EVGR’s Trust Agreement by and between the Company and the Trustee, to allow the Company to extend the Combination Period up to twelve (12) times for an additional one (1) month each time from August 11, 2023 to the Extended Date by depositing into the Trust Account, for each one-month extension, the Extension Payment. | | | 11,030,453 | | | | 1,184,690 | | | | 0 | |
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| Proposal to amend the Articles of Association to expand the methods that EVGR may employ to not become subject to the “penny stock” rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission | | | 11,030,453 | | | | 1,184,690 | | | | 2 | |
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| To amend the Articles of Association to provide for the right of a holder of the Company’s Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Ordinary Shares”), to convert into Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Class A Ordinary Shares” or “Public Shares”) on a one-for-one basis at any time and from time to time prior to the closing of a business combination at the election of the holder (the “Founder Share Amendment,” and such proposal, the “Founder Share Amendment Proposal”). | | | 11,030,453 | | | | 1,184,690 | | | | 2 | |
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| To adjourn the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies if, based upon the tabulated vote at the time of the Extraordinary General Meeting, there are not sufficient votes to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Trust Agreement Amendment Proposal, the NTA Requirement Amendment, or the Founder Share Amendment Proposal. | | | 11,030,453 | | | | 1,184,690 | | | | 2 | |
Each of the proposals described above was approved by EVGR’s shareholders. EVGR’s shareholders elected to redeem an aggregate of 4,004,330 ordinary shares in connection with the General Meeting.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: July 24, 2023 | |
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| EVERGREEN CORPORATION | |
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| By: | /s/ Liew Choon Lian | |
| Name: | Liew Choon Lian | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
